Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

María Elena Soto

Publications

• Research Article
  Mechanical Deformation in Patients with Systemic Arterial Hypertension
  Author(s): Leonel Avendaño-Pérez, María Elena Soto, Nydia Ávila-Vanzzini, Erick Alexanderson-Rosas and Nilda Espinola-ZavaletaLeonel Avendaño-Pérez, María Elena Soto, Nydia Ávila-Vanzzini, Erick Alexanderson-Rosas and Nilda Espinola-Zavaleta
  
  Background: Systemic arterial hypertension represents the mayor risk factor for several cardiovascular diseases. In a large number of patients it affects the left ventricle by a compensating hypertrophy and posteriorly when this mechanism is insufficient, it leads to heart failure and therefore the patient requires regular echocardiographic monitoring. Subclinical dysfunction of the left ventricle exists even in asymptomatic hypertensive patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Objectives: The main aim of our study was focused in the assessment of left ventricular mechanical deformation in 20 patients with systemic arterial hypertension and 21 healthy controls. Results: A total of 41 subjects were studied, 22 women and 19 men. The hypertensive group consisted of 20 patients and the healthy control grou.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095.1000247

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